Thematic Issues


Launching the Fifth Workshop for Investigative Journalism

Launching the Fifth Workshop for Investigative Journalism

NUIJ On Wednesday, as part of a program initiated by the National Union of Iraqi Journalists last year, the fifth...

  • Freedom of Expression
Global Human Rights  Defenders Fund

Global Human Rights Defenders Fund

The Global Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) provides short term assistance, including emergency funds, to human rights defenders (HRDs), including...

  • Human Rights
Digital Security Training

Digital Security Training

In the program planned to resume trainings on digital safety and security for the protection of software, information and data...

  • Human Rights
Ilisu Dam Protest Close to The Dam Site!

Ilisu Dam Protest Close to The Dam Site!

Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive Batman / Turkey – 29.03.2015 Today more than 500 people have protested the destructive Ilisu...

  • Environment
GFWUI Meeting with Women Affairs Office

GFWUI Meeting with Women Affairs Office

On Saturday, 28th of March, The General Federation of Workers’ Unions in Iraq conducted a meeting at its headquarters with...

  • Social and Economic Rights
How much longer can the water crisis be neglected?

How much longer can the water crisis be neglected?

Updating the Save Tigris and the Iraqi Marshes Campaign- March 2015 The water crisis in the Middle East region is...

  • Environment
College of Education for Girls in Baghdad Protest against the Transfer of 19 Qualified Male Professors, while Security Forces Prevent Media Coverage

College of Education for Girls in Baghdad Protest against the Transfer of 19 Qualified Male Professors, while Security Forces Prevent Media Coverage

Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad On Sunday, dozens of students in the College of Education for Girls in the capital Baghdad protested...

  • Right of Political Participation of Women
Employees of Foreign Oil Companies in Basrah Accuse Owners of Exclusive Decision-Making Procedures which Undermine Obligations towards Workers

Employees of Foreign Oil Companies in Basrah Accuse Owners of Exclusive Decision-Making Procedures which Undermine Obligations towards Workers

Al-Mada Press – Basrah On Tuesday, workers and trade unionists in Basra accused foreign oil companies operating in the governorate...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Industrialists in Sulaymaniyah Hold Iran and Turkey Responsible for Work Stoppage in the City’s Factories

Industrialists in Sulaymaniyah Hold Iran and Turkey Responsible for Work Stoppage in the City’s Factories

Al-Mada Press / Sulaymaniyah  On Tuesday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the province of Sulaymaniyah accused Iran and...

  • Social and Economic Rights
A Solidarity Greetings from the U.S. LABOR AGAINST THE WAR (USLAW)

A Solidarity Greetings from the U.S. LABOR AGAINST THE WAR (USLAW)

February 25, 2015 To: the Federations, Unions and Members of the Iraqi labor movement and all workers of the self-funded...

  • Social and Economic Rights
Painful Career Path for Women Journalists

Painful Career Path for Women Journalists

Sabreen Kadhum   There is substantial evidence pointing to the fact that women working in visual, audio or print media...

  • Freedom of Expression
Iraqi Journalists Likely to Face Exponential Rise in Risks in 2015

Iraqi Journalists Likely to Face Exponential Rise in Risks in 2015

ICSSI: Suzanne DeRouen Reporters Without Borders’ (RWB) 2015 World Press Freedom Index reports that, due to the presence of Daesh...

  • Freedom of Expression